Pinnacle Foods Incorporated

KFC says new boneless chicken is a 'game changer'

2013-04-05 11:03:00

Trying to tear meat off a chicken skeleton is an annoyance for many Americans, especially younger ones. So KFC, in what it’s calling a “game changer” of a move, is ditching the bones. The Kentucky-based chicken chain is rolling out its...

S&P 500 sets all-time closing high [video chat]

2013-03-28 15:36:00

NEW YORK -- The broad Standard & Poor's 500 index broke a half-decade-old record, another sign of stocks' continuing rally this year. The S&P 500 added 6.34 points, or 0.41%, to 1,569.19 Thursday, the last trading day of the first quarter. The S&P 500...

KFC launches bucket for children; consumer group slams kids meals

2013-03-28 12:45:00

KFC’s new Li’l Bucket Kids Meals are launching at the chicken chain nationwide on the same day that consumer group Center for Science in the Public Interest said nearly all kids meals “flunk nutrition.” KFC’s new...

Duncan Hines owner Pinnacle Foods jumps after IPO

2013-03-28 08:32:00

Just like its popular Duncan Hines cake mixes, packaged foods company Pinnacle Foods Inc. was on the rise Thursday morning after raising $580 million in an initial public offering. The company -- which owns an array of popular brands including Birds...

PASSINGS: Murray Lender, Samuel Glazer

2012-03-23 00:00:00

Murray Lender Chief executive of bagel company Murray Lender, 81, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company credited with introducing bagels to many Americans, died Wednesday at a Miami hospital of complications...

The day ahead in business May 15

2013-05-15 03:30:00

Reports: MBA mortgage index for week ended May 11, 6 a.m.; Producer price index for April, 7:30 a.m.; Empire State manufacturing index for March, 7:30 a.m.; Treasury international cash outflows for March, 8 a.m.; Industrial production/capacity utilization...

The man, not the cake mix

2013-03-20 00:00:00

Duncan Hines is known today mainly for those ubiquitous boxes of cake mix in supermarkets. But he was no Betty Crocker. A real person, not a fictional brand symbol, he was a onetime traveling salesman with an appreciation of good food honed by many...

Snyder of Berlin celebrates 65 years

2012-06-20 00:00:00

�Every day about 10,000 cases of snacks leave the Snyder of Berlin plant and travel around the country. This year the Berlin Borough business will celebrate its 65th anniversary. Although ownership may have changed a few times since 1947, the company has...

Giant/Martin's Food Markets Recall Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes

2012-01-27 17:02:00

Giant FoodStores and Martin's Food Markets is recalling several varieties of Aunt Jemima Frozen Pancakes. The products may have been cross contaminated with soy products, an undeclared allergen.The affected products all have a recommended use by date...

Bill: Felony to sell fake maple syrup as real deal

2011-10-31 10:30:00

�MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont couple thought they were getting a sweet deal on real Vermont maple syrup when they found a good price for it on the Internet. The man who was selling it told them he was a trucker from Rhode Island who passed...

Bake your way to the Daytime Emmy awards in Duncan Hines cupcake contest

2010-07-08 16:34:51

Children at risk in food roulette

2008-11-21 00:00:00

American children with food allergies are suffering life-threatening--and completely avoidable--reactions because manufacturers mislabel their products and regulators fail to police store shelves, a Tribune investigation has found. In effect, children...

Pinnacle Foods, which owns Birds Eye, Duncan Hines and other brands, was rising on the New York Stock Exchange after its IPO.

2013-03-28 08:45:50

A traveling salesman turned food critic, Duncan Hines wrote very popular guidebooks rating restaurants across the country. He was considered the epitome of taste to such a degree that he was asked to lend his name to various food products, most notably the line of cake.

2009-07-08 00:00:00

In March 2006, a consumer complaint was lodged with the FDA stating that a 14-year-old girl with a known milk allergy had to be taken to the emergency room after eating Duncan Hines Bakery Style Chocolate Chip Muffin Mix. The complaint alleged the ingredient label did not include milk.

2008-11-07 00:00:00